So with the political season under way, expect a little more of a shift into politics (hey, gotta stay relevent, right?). With that in mind, I’m happy to announce that Conveniently Misplaced will be on the blogger’s row at the American’s for Prosperity Defending the American Dream confrence in Washington DC next week, so if you’re going to be there feel free to stop by and say hello.
Look for the interview I did with Matt McCormic on http://www.rfcradio.com/ soon from Mackinac Island. All in all, the whole weekend was a stellar event where we were all entertained by political figures from around the nation, I’m already looking forward to 2011.
If you are viewing this through Facebook or RSS, there is a video. To go www.cruzweb.net/video-of-the-welcome-sign-at-tiger-stadium-falling/ to see it.
For those of you who haven’t heard of Buildings of Detroit , you must check it out. It’s a phenomenal resource for learning about all those places around Detroit that you don’t know what they are, or if you are are just looking for a little history.
Anywho, Dann @newspaperman from Buildings of Detroit was on site today to capture the fall of the Welcome Sign at Tiger Stadium on camera.Check it out
This is from September 6, 2009 at the Michigan Renaissance Festival. This group of musicians decided to bust out with Kashmir by Led Zeppelin.
The insturmentation is Sitar (lead), Guitar (Rhythm), Harmonium (the accordian box thing on the left, harmony and chords) and the dude with the makeshift drumset is off to the left but I don’t think you can see him in the video. It’s pretty awesome, enjoy.
I was recently discussing the issue of the Oakland University strike with someone. While the pay and benefits are obviously big factors in collective bargaining agreements, something else came up. One of his talking points for supporting the strike, well, stuck me. He was the notion of intellectual property in the classrooms and who it actually belongs to: do the lessons belong to the professors or the University.
Well, he wasn’t the least bit pleased about the idea of putting lessons online for people to see. He didn’t think it fair that “some kid in Oklahoma” could view the lessons and “learn for free”. Realistically, if schools like Yale, Carnegie Mellon, MIT, etc. all do this and see no threat, than Oakland University has absolutely no argument and no reason to be threatened. Lets take a look at why. Continue Reading
Here is a new one that I’m very happy with. The ghosting looks much better than some of my earlier works. This was taken before school started so it’s the calm before the storm of the Fall 2009 semester. The shot is taken from atop the parking garage behind the bookstore.
